Outlines from the Outpost (Lakeside Classics) [Hardcover] [Dec 25; 1961] John Esten Cooke and Richard Harwell
#3699349 in Books 2008-01-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.94 x 1.11 x 7.06l; 1.70 #File Name: 9766402094386 pages
Review
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful. Meticulous study of plantation managementBy hmf22The title doesn't quite convey the essence of the work. Higman's monograph is an encyclopedically detailed study of plantation management in eighteenth and early nineteenth-century Jamaica; focusing in particular on the role of "planting attorneys;" who stood in for absentee proprietors. He draws some parallels to estate management in England; Ireland; and the U.S. South; and readers knowledgeable about those regions will find this work interesting. The second half of the book includes lengthy biographical sketches of two Jamaican planting attorneys; one who was active in the mid to late 18c; and one who was active in the early 19c. The book is well-written and concise; but its abstruse subject matter will daunt most general readers; it's really a book for scholars.
